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href="/en/tag/sake/">Sake</a> </span> <span class="tag"> <a href="/en/tag/hyogo/">Hyogo</a> </span> </p> <p class="txt">The sake brewing district of Nada, 30 minutes from central Kobe or Osaka, is Japan's top sake-producing region with 25 breweries, over a dozen of which welcome visitors. 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